mũtuuya
Kikuyu
Alternative forms
- mutuya[1][2], mũtuya
Etymology
Hutchins (1909) records m'Tuyu as a local name for Myrianthus arboreus.[3]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mòtùːjáꜜ/
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.
Noun
mũtuuya class 3 (plural mĩtuuya)
- giant yellow mulberry (Myrianthus holstii[1][2][4] and Myrianthus arboreus[5])
Meronyms
- (fruit) ituuya
References
- Beentje, H.J. (1994). Kenya Trees, Shrubs and Lianas. Nairobi, Kenya: National Museum of Kenya. →ISBN
- Dharani, Najma (2002). Field Guide to Common Trees & Shrubs of East Africa, p. 135. Cape Town: Struik Publishers. Rep. 2005. →ISBN
- Hutchins, D. E. (1909). Report on the Forests of British East Africa, p. 24. London: Darling & Son.
- Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. III, p. 1330. →ISBN
- “mũtuya” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 475. Oxford: Clarendon Press.